skinny

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[ UK /skˈɪni/ ]
[ US /ˈskɪni/ ]

ADJECTIVE

being very thin
pale bony hands
a long scrawny neck
a child with skinny freckled legs
of or relating to or resembling skin
giving or spending with reluctance
very close (or near) with his money
a penny-pinching miserly old man
our cheeseparing administration
fitting snugly
a tightly-fitting cover
tight-fitting clothes

NOUN

confidential information about a topic or person
he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner

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Among them was a very skinny, red-haired girl.
Wear over skinny cigarette trousers with a boxy jacket. Times, Sunday Times
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My father was quite a skinny, emaciated man, my brother a build a stark halfway between my father and I.
He pulled over, struggling with the words to the classic song by that skinny girl who died in a closet.
"I'm a vegan and I looked awfully skinny at one point, " she explains.
They ran us off so we headed off to a secluded spot on the Clinch river and skinny-dipped there. Spot-On: Status Quo

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